Runner for children&#39;s carriages.



H. B. VAN VLIET.

RUNNER POR GHILDRENS CARRIAGES.

APPLIOATION FILED 061:21, 1907.

901,500. Patented oct. 2o, 190s.

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ML 9- //mffa" ,ticatioir Y HERBERT B.- vAN vLiET, 'or BLAoKDUox, MINNESOTA.

RUNNER Fon cgmLnmsrrs CARRIAGES.

To all whom it may concer-n:

, Be it known f that I, HERBERT `B. VAN Venir, of Blaclrd'uck, Beltrami county, Minnesota, have invented certainnew and useful llmprorements in Runners' 'for Childrens Carriages,-o'f which the following is a speci- "'v"l`he`object of my invention is to heath a childs carriage and lowered to rest upon-'the ice'or snow and support the carriage,"or..be lifted to an inoperative position between the wheels. p

`Afurther object is to provide a means .for

loperating the runners which will be simple in construction and operation but very durable and reliable in its action.

A further object is to provide runners and means for attachingthe same to a carriage, whichcan be adjusted lengthwise'of the c arri'age or laterally thereon to adapt the device for different sizes and makes of carriages.

"elevation of achilds carriage with my invention 4applied theretoshowing the frame @unfolded and the Yrunners ready for use.

, Fig. 2is a similar view showing the runners raisedto an inoperative position. Fig. 3 is atop view of the device removed from the oarriagej Fig. atv is a rear elevation showing the runners ready for use, and Fig. 5 is a sectional View on the line i12- of Fig. 4.

n the drawing, y2 representsa childs carriage of the ordinary type having forward and rear wheels 3 and 4 provided with axles and 6. 7 represents parallel rods secured to the wheel axles by a series of clamps 8.

Forward and rear cross rods 9 are providedl at right angles substantially Ato the rods 7 and secured thereto by clamps 10. lThe clamps 8 and 10 are-adjustable so that the runner frame can beireadily adapted for any vsize or width ofcarriag'e, and-the-adjustf ment of the clamps 10 on the rods 7 allows the runners to be set in any desired position beneath the carriage frame. The-runners 11 have upwardly turned forward ends.4 Links -12 connectv the lforward ends -of .the .runners Specification of Letters Patent. Applicarinn mea october 21, .1907. serial No. 398,400. i

y provide 4means whereby runners can be suspended be- Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

with the outer ends of the forward cross rod 9. A brace 13 connects the ruimer on the inside with the rod 9 and the said rod has a long tubular bearing 14 between the link 12 and the brace 13 in which bearing the said rod.is adapted to slide when the frame is being adjusted. Across brace 15 connects the brace 13 with the link12. The construction at the three other bearing points or-the corners of the vframe is the same as described and the same reference numerals may-be used for the corresponding parts. When the runners are movedto an operative position the links 12 at the front and rear will be substantially vertical, and to lock them in such position I provide toggle :links 16 and 17 pivotally connected t-o one another at one end, the opposite ends of the links being pivoted to the runners and to the rear'cross rods 9.. The upper-endsof the links 16 are connected by coiled springs 18 with the forward ends of the runners, said .springs normally tending to draw the forward ends of the runners backwardly and lift them to their inoperative position. The links 16 lap by the links-17 and are provided with flanges 19 which engage`the said links 17 and limit .the movement of the links backward.- Vhen these links arein line with one another their action will be the same as a toggle joint and the runners will be locked in their depressed position and the wheels ofthe carriage will be raised out of contact with the ground. The rear braces between the runners and the supporting rods above are provided with straps 20 in which rods 2 1 are mounted.v 1These rods have downwardly turned ends 23 which terminate near the pivotal connection between the links 16 and 17. A foot piece or treadle 24 is mounted on the -rods 21 and by depressing theV same the at tendant'can trip the togvle joints, moving the links 16 and 17 out of line with one another, so that the power of the'springs 18 will be exerted to lift the runners and swing l. The combination, with a'c'hilds car-y riage and forward and rear axles and carrying-wheelstherefo'r, 'of rods-secured to said axles, links pivot-ally and adjustably supported on said rods and adapted to swing upwardlybeneath saidwaxlesor down to a-4 substantially vertical position, and' runners carried by said links and adapted'when lowered to raise said carrying wheels out of contact with the ground, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a childs carriage, with the forward and rear axles and carrying wheels therefor, of rods extending lengthwise of the carriage and clamps for securing 'said rods to said axles, cross rods and means for'clamping them to said longitudinal rods,

' said rods being adjustable upon one another and upon-said axles toy adapt thein for use on carriages of different sizes, and a folding runner mechanism carried by said rods and adapted to swing 11p-under said axles or n iove down into contact vwith the ground,'substantially as described. v

3. In a childs carriage, the combination,

with the forward and rear axles and carrying wheels therefor, of parallel rods and means vfor clampingthem' on said axles, said means being adjustableto permit'the rods to be moved toward orfrom one another, cross rods adjustably mounted on said .first named rods, runners and'meansfor pivotally con-v nect-ing them withsaid cross rods and means for locking said runners in their depressed position.

4t. The combination, withthe forward and rear axles, and carrying wheels therefor, of

rods secured to said axles, runners arranged beneath said rods, links pivotally connecting saidrunners with said rods, toggle links. provided between said'runners-andlsaid rods, springs connecting the forward and rear portions of said runnersl with said toggle linksand normally tending to hold said runners in their elevated position and said springs being put under tension by the depression.

I of said runners and. the straightening of said toggle links, and means adapted to be actuated by the foot of the attendant for trip- 6. The combination, with .the forward and A rear axles, and carrying wheels therefor, of longitudinal rods vsecured to` said axles, cross rods secured to said lon itudinal rods,

cross rods, braces'having'their-lower ends at- 'runners arranged beneath said axles, links `pivotally connecting vsaid runners with said tached to said runners, tubular bearings pro-l vided on saidcross rods and -connecting; -the upper ends of said braces and said links,'

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said runners in their raised position,-and. means for locking said runners in their de pressed position, substantially as described.

7 The combination, with the forward andv rear axles and carrying wheels therefor, of' runners supported beneath said axles,vlinks pivotally connected with said runners and supported by said axles, coiled springs attached to the forward ends of said runners and toggle links connected to said' springs. said links when straightened locking said runners -in their lowered position,. said springs being put under tension when vsaid runners are lowered, to return them-autoinatically to their raised position when released, and means for tripping vsaid ltoggle links. I

.8. .The combination, withthe forward andrear axles and carrying wheels, of runners, linksl whereon'said runners are pivotally supported, said links being adapted to swing to an inclined position to allow said runners-.to be raised to an inoperative position between the wheels, springs coiniected tosaid runners and adapted to raise them to an inoj'ieratii'e position, means for locking said runners in their lowered position against' ine tension of. said'springs, a lock-tripping bail adapted to be operated by the footfof the attendant for tripping said'loeki'ng iiieaiis and alldwing said runners -tobe automatically-lifted to aii'inoperat-ive posit-ion, substantially vas described.' l f Y ln witness whereof, :l have hereunto sei my hand .this 25th day of September '1907. HERBERT B. .IVAN (Lll'll' lVii' nesses t Rioiixnn PAUL,

J. H. BALD'wiN. 

